title: Capitation is changing and expanding.
abstract: Capitated payment arrangements are changing and expanding. The private sector is paying growing attention to capitating dental care and paying capitation rates for specialty services. The federal government plans to experiment with global purchasing and competitive bidding to establish capitation rates for Medicare beneficiaries.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D004465:Economic Competition; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017149:Private Sector; D014481:United States